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Breaking News Thu, 17 May 2012
South African Airways
Airlines   Business   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: South African Airways  
 Business Day 
SAA needs state cash to renew its fleet — Gigaba
| South African Airways (SAA) needed to be recapitalised by the state to allow it to renew its fleet of aircraft and roll out its African aviation strategy, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba s... (photo: Creative Commons / Kleinz1)
File - A woman and her children are pictured on the outskirts of Fertait, a village in Jonglei, South Sudan, burned down during the recent escalation of ethnic clashes in this area, 7 January, 2012.
Food   Photos   South Sudan   War   Wikipedia: South Sudan  
 BBC News 
Half of South Sudan facing food shortages, warns UN
More than half the population of South Sudan are facing food shortages due to the continuing conflict with Sudan, the UN is warning. | It says fighting on the border between the two countries and the ... (photo: UN / /Isaac Billy)
Ethiopian Airlines  Business Day 
Ethiopian Airlines ignores turbulence to focus on growth
| IGNORING the furious winds buffeting the global aviation industry, 66-year-old Ethiopian Airlines is investing more than $2,6bn to ensure it capitalises on its location and the ever-increasing inter... (photo: GFDL / Northside)
Airlines   Business   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia: Ethiopian Airlines  
Climate change - sun and clouds in the sky - environment  Scoop 
Steps from historic Durban Climate Change Conference
Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 2:38 pm | Press Release: UNFCCC | Governments meeting in Bonn embark on next steps following historic Durban Climate Change Conference | Bonn, 14 May 2012 – Building on th... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)
Climate   Durban   Environment   Photos  
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Nick Cannon, right, and his wife Mariah Carey The Examiner
Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon give back with Project Canvas
| Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon were together at the Project Canvas charity event in New York City Friday night. | Giving back, Cannon hosted the event affiliated with the... (photo: AP / Jae C. Hong, file)
Arts   Celebrity   Charity   Photos   Wikipedia: Mariah Carey  
Alexis Tsipras, head of the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) exits the Presidential Palace after his meeting with Greek President Karolos Papoulias, to formally take the mandate to form a coalition government in Athens, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Al Jazeera
Why a repeat election is likely for Greece
| Political parties in Greece began a third and final attempt on Friday to form a government. Coalition talks have, so far, foundered on the fact that last Sunday’s... (photo: AP / Kostas Tsironis)
Election   Europe   Greece   Photos   Wikipedia: Greek legislative election, 2012  
David Peters, right, and Luke Whited, a gay couple who were joined in a civil union in their home state of Illinois, show their rings inside the Bourbon Pub, a gay bar, after being interviewed about President Obama's statement of support of gay marriage, in New Orleans, Wednesday, May 9, 2012. my SA
Gay marriage a distant dream around the world
| BANGKOK (AP) — China's government considered homosexuality a mental disorder until 2001. Mobs in Senegal have disinterred bodies of men they believe were gays and dra... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert)
Activists   Gays   Marriage   Photos   Wikipedia: Homosexuality  
Illegal gold mines imperil Peru's Amazon Al Jazeera
Illegal gold mines imperil Peru's Amazon
| Illegal gold miners in Peru are destroying thousands of hectares of the Amazon jungle that are home to some of the world's most important biologically diverse... (photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz)
Amazon   Mines   Peru   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Amazon rainforest  
In this Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009, file photo, Iraq's vice President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq. Al Jazeera
Iraqi VP put on Interpol wanted list
| Tariq al-Hashemi, the Iraqi vice president, has been placed on an Interpol "red notice". | The notice pressures all 190 members of the Lyon-based police co-operative to... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim)
Business   Photos   Politics   Terrorism   Wikipedia: Tariq al-Hashimi  
Jacob G. Zuma, President of South Africa Business Day
Early prisoner release is fixing wrong problem
| THOUSANDS of offenders will be released from prison from next week following President Jacob Zuma ’s announcement last month that the government will grant a special ... (photo: World Economic Forum / Michael Wuertenberg)
Africa   Business   Photos   Prison   Wikipedia: Jacob Zuma  
A glass of clean drinking  water. Business Day
More drinking water meets global standard — report
| CAPE TOWN — The quality of drinking water in South Africa has improved significantly in the past year, with a "blue drop" score nationally of 87,6% — 15 percentage ... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini)
Africa   Environment   Health   Photos   Wikipedia: Water  
Call center agents - Night shifts - Workers Al Jazeera
Night shifts 'promote diabetes and obesity'
Changing the body's sleep cycle to fit shift-based work cycles could increase your risk of diabetes and obesity, research shows. | Medical researchers at Brigham and... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Diabetes   Glucose   People   Photos   Wikipedia: Obesity  
Business & Economy Politics
- Transnet Looks to Create More Jobs
- Roadlink to Be Probed After Fatal Crash
- SAA Capital Injection to Boost Competitiveness in Africa
- Retail Trade Sales Rise By 6.8 Percent in March
South African Airways
SAA needs state cash to renew its fleet — Gigaba
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- ANC will lose vote of born-frees, warns Vavi
- Zille ‘not fit to hold office’
- Zille speech interrupted
- Vavi rejects youth subsidy
Helen Zille, Cape Town city mayor and leader of the main opposition party, center, outside the court in Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007. Zille appeared briefly in court in connection with a demonstration outside the houses of alleged drug dealers. Police say that Zille is encouraging self-style vigilantes to take the law into their own hands, whilst her supporters say the demonstrations reflect growing fury that drug lords are targeting children and ravaging entire communities with impunity.
Zille speech interrupted
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Education Human Rights
- Limpopo education ruling is due
- 2013 school admissions to start in May
- Foreign Student Numbers Increase
- Vocational Education Needed to Make NGP a Reality
Study: Most myopic school-leavers in Asia
Study: Most myopic school-leavers in Asia
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- RONAK GOPALDAS: Deal with the threat before it spreads throu
- IVAN TUROK: Urban growth can drive Africa’s resurgence
- NOM's Racial Wedge Strategy in Action
- Access and the G8: Hear Our Voices
Helen Zille, Cape Town city mayor and leader of the main opposition party, center, outside the court in Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007. Zille appeared briefly in court in connection with a demonstration outside the houses of alleged drug dealers. Police say that Zille is encouraging self-style vigilantes to take the law into their own hands, whilst her supporters say the demonstrations reflect growing fury that drug lords are targeting children and ravaging entire communities with impunity.
Zille speech interrupted
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Health Entertainment
- E Cape health dept ‘lost R200m to fraud’
- Antiretroviral Therapy Fights Cervical Cancer in HIV+ Women
- Chaos At Limpopo Hospital - Health MEC Must Account to Parli
- NGOs Asked to Confirm Payments From Gauteng Health Dept
A glass of clean drinking  water.
More drinking water meets global standard — report
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- A note from the living — die not, poor death, nor yet canâ
- THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: A bold step against piracy
- Eddie Izzard To Run 27 Marathons For Mandela
- Salvage of stranded trawler continues in Cape Town
Ethiopian Airlines
Ethiopian Airlines ignores turbulence to focus on growth
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Sport Science & Technology
- CSA action on Majola may miss deadline
- Seymour slots in at ten
- Tisan Netball Team Victorious in South Africa
- CSA to miss disciplinary hearing deadline of Gerald Majola
Manchester Citys Trainer Roberto Mancini blickt auf vor ihren englischen Premier League Spiel gegen Newcastle United in Newcastle (Foto vom 06.05.12). Trainer Roberto Mancini haelt den Fussball seines Teams Manchester City fuer den attraktivsten in der englischen Premier League. "Ich bin sehr stolz, weil ich finde, dass meine Spieler diese Jahr sehr gut gearbeitet haben. Auch wenn wir am Sonntag (13.105.12) nicht Meister werden sollten, haben wir den besten Fussball in England gespielt", sagte der Italiener vor dem letzten Spieltag am Sonntag. Manchester City ist nur noch einen Sieg vom Gewinn der Meisterschaft entfernt. Der Tabellenfuehrer empfaengt am letzten Spieltag die Queens Park Rangers.
City title triumph can usher in new era - Mancini
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- Boffins track alien invasion
- Talks resume on new climate treaty
- Speaking Consciously in the Age of Twitter
- >Republicans Order Navy to Quit Buying Biofuels
Climate ship plots course through the battering waves
Climate ship plots course through the battering waves
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